The Weekend Playbook: Throwing 100,000lbs of tomatoes and drinking at an outdoor arcade bar

Event of the Week Not since the days of putting criminals in wooden stocks was fruit-throwing this fun. Get in the act at the Tomato Blast in Soldier Field, Saturday, noon-6p, with beer and live music as 100,000lbs of tomatoes are flung with reckless abandon. Get your tomato-tossing tickets here

Thursday, July 25thNacional 27 has half-priced ceviche and tapas, including BBQ lamb tacos, boniato-plantain empanadas, and chorizo fundido in honor of National Tequila Day, 5-7p. Feel free to do “the worm”

Irish Hazelnut Cream Is the Boozy Winter Warmer You Needed

A Local Lady We Love, and Where to Meet Her Meet Sarah VonderHaar: bartender, musician, model, designer. Not only does she make a mean Ginger Blonde (the cocktail), but she can also handle woodworking, hiking, and making vases out of old whiskey bottles.